Gertrude Stein’s New Drama: Play as The Essence of What Happened

American playwright, novelist, story and biography writer Gertrude Stein, with her avant-garde perception destructing the theatre conventions, became one of inspiring playwrights for experimental theater in twentieth century. Stein's plays were interpreted by directors performance artists from various disciplines such as painting, music, plastic arts literature. When we look at theoretical texts alongside literary works, concept "continuous present" emerges a strategy developed Stein against "tension" she feels due to “syncopation” between time audience play conventional theater. The "nervousness" felt towards also led introduce new definition play. whose activities can be examined under three periods, describes written first period "the essence what happened". Contrary theater, gave works that could solve conflict through "subversive" language used these early plays. She wrote without focusing on story. Within scope this article, use “continuous present” is What Happened (1913) dramaturgical method will help us understand